Kill List

2011

Action / Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller

Synopsis

Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

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Reviewed by gabeggg-995168 / 10

Critics are misleading. The less you know the better the movie.

Of your here because you heard about this movies violence or heard graphic or about this movies really scary you should know this is misleading. This movie is very violent for the average movie goer. But still was both.

So now for the actual movie:
It was a bit dull occasionally especially throughout the first half (mostly due to misleading content). Also was a bit confusing at times. But in the end it pays off as the ending is unexpected. Enough said.

Just go into this movie ignoring everything that critics say. The least you know about the movie when you see it, the better.

Reviewed by AnusPresley7 / 10

Ignore the hype - it's misleading

There are two scenarios here -

1. If I went into this film blind of knowledge, I would've been very pleasantly surprised, and

2. If I read the hype, I would've felt a bit deflated.

The film itself is exceptionally well executed. The story though is a bit confusing and difficult to follow. The conclusion - inexplicable. There are no how's or why's. Just bang. The End. And the "violence" warnings are a bit over-stated.

I did enjoy and would recommend. Though it is a head scratcher.

Reviewed by afrodome8 / 10

Gritty, Terrifying, and Suspenseful in the First 75, Weak in Last 20.

I'm going to go on record that despite Kill List's disappointing ending,the buildup to the ending i.e. the squeamish rollercoaster ride the viewer is put through save this film from being just another horror flick.

The film starts out like an action/thriller/noir where not a single character, not even the main protagonists, have any sort of human decency throughout the entire film. The strange part about Kill List is despite how deplorable all the characters can be, they all have a little zest of charisma which keeps the viewer glued to the screen.
The genius part of making the movie scary is that the horror feels so real, so gritty, so grounded...and that's what makes the ending so disappointing to me: did they really have to go full throttle in that direction? I found that the ambiguity that we are left with in most of the movie's runtime is what made it so suspenseful.

With that sad, however, it wasn't a bad ending at all, it's just that the buildup to it was so much better that one would expect a bone-chilling tone that made the movie so haunting in the first place. I would still recommend any horror fan to give Kill List a viewing.